All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual. Margaret Thatcher
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country. Margaret Thatcher
Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t. Margaret Thatcher
Being prime minister is a lonely job… you cannot lead from the crowd. Margaret Thatcher
Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word. Margaret Thatcher
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important although difficult is the high road to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. Margaret Thatcher
Don’t follow the crowd. Let the crowd follow you. Margaret Thatcher
Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy. Margaret Thatcher
Home is where you come to when you’ve got nothing better to do. Margaret Thatcher
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. Margaret Thatcher
I am not a consensus politician. I’m a conviction politician. Margaret Thatcher
I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it should get you pretty near. Margaret Thatcher
I don’t mind how much my ministers talk, as long as they do what I say. Margaret Thatcher
I fight on. I fight to win. Margaret Thatcher
I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job. Margaret Thatcher
I owe nothing to Women’s Lib. Margaret Thatcher
I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air. Margaret Thatcher
I wasn’t lucky. I deserved it. Margaret Thatcher
I’ve got a woman’s ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it. Margaret Thatcher
If you just set out to be liked you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher Quotes
If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman. Margaret Thatcher
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake. Margaret Thatcher
It was treachery with a smile on its face. Perhaps that was the worst thing of all. (On the cabinet colleagues who had advised her to stand down.) Margaret Thatcher
It’s a funny old world. (At her last cabinet meeting.) Margaret Thatcher
I’ve learned one thing in politics. You don’t take a decision until you have to. Margaret Thatcher
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s a day when you’ve had everything to do and you’ve done it. Margaret Thatcher
No one would have remembered the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions. He had money as well. Margaret Thatcher
No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary – not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn’t want to be prime minister; you have to give yourself 100 percent. Margaret Thatcher
Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus. Margaret Thatcher
One of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas. Margaret Thatcher
Pennies don’t fall from heaven – they have to be earned here on Earth. Margaret Thatcher
Plan your work for today, and every day, then work your plan. Margaret Thatcher
Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true. Margaret Thatcher
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides. Margaret Thatcher
The desire to win is born in most of us. The will to win is a matter of training. The manner of winning is a matter of honour. Margaret Thatcher
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money. Margaret Thatcher
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families. Margaret Thatcher
To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects. Margaret Thatcher
To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say. You turn if you want to. The lady’s not for turning. Margaret Thatcher
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside where it functions best. Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher Quotes
We are not asking for a penny piece of Community money for Britain. What we are asking is for a very large amount of our own money back. Margaret Thatcher
We had to fight the enemy without in the Falklands. We always have to be aware of the enemy within, which is much more difficult to fight and more dangerous to liberty. Margaret Thatcher
We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain only to see them re-imposed at a European level, with a European superstate exercising a new dominance from Brussels. Margaret Thatcher
We must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend. Margaret Thatcher
We want a society where people are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. This is what we mean by a moral society; not a society where the state is responsible for everything, and no one is responsible for the state. Margaret Thatcher
What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing and knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose. Margaret Thatcher
Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope. Margaret Thatcher
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. Margaret Thatcher